Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy is accusing Prime Minister Mark Carney of taking a "bootlicking" approach to U.S. President Donald Trump at the expense of Canadian values. "You have to be principled, you have to be tactical, you have to be pragmatic. But you also have to be tough and know what you stand for," Axworthy said in...
A trailblazer in uniform, Critchley was just 17 years old when she became the second woman ever to serve as an armoured crewman in her unit. She and dad Steve later made history as the first father–daughter gunnery crew in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. She’s now looking to take out Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in one of the safest...
The Liberal government’s plan to find billions of dollars in operating efficiencies would require a 24 per cent cut in public service spending and “devastate the federal government,” according to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s campaign platform included savings from “increased government efficiency,” with $6 billion in savings in 2026-27 and $13 billion a year...
Independent members seek signatures to re-register PC party that led Alberta for decades. Two Independent MLAs expelled from the UCP are bidding to resurrect the old party brand of Peter Lougheed and Ralph Klein. Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair are petitioning to re-register the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta — the party that governed Alberta from 1971 to 2015, before...
Companies that paid the now-defunct digital services tax will have to wait for Ottawa to pass new legislation before they can get their refund, the Canada Revenue Agency has confirmed. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced late Sunday that Canada was dropping the tax on global tech giants in a bid to restart trade negotiations with the United States. The first...
The Weekly Nanos Tracking is produced by the Nanos Research Corporation, headquartered in Canada, which operates in Canada and the United States. The data is based on random interviews with 1,000 Canadian consumers (recruited by RDD land- and cell-line sample), using a four-week rolling average of 250 respondents each week, 18 years of age and over. The random sample of...
The Weekly Nanos Tracking is produced by the Nanos Research Corporation, headquartered in Canada, which operates in Canada and the United States. The data is based on random interviews with 1,000 Canadian consumers (recruited by RDD land- and cell-line sample), using a four-week rolling average of 250 respondents each week, 18 years of age and over. The random sample of...
Last week Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said that Albertans’ desire to go their own way and separate from the rest of Canada has never been higher. That’s a strange thing to proclaim when only two days before the separatist party got a shellacking in three by-elections, one of them in the heartland of what used to be the independence movement...
The mercenary spyware industry develops and sells advanced tools that can covertly gain complete access to a cellphone’s microphone, camera, messages, photos and historical data – all without its user clicking any malicious links. The technology notoriously facilitates human rights abuses worldwide. In Canada, NSO Group’s Pegasus was forensically identified in 2018 on the phone of a Canadian permanent resident...
A high-stakes lawsuit involving former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps turns on a long-running debate in Ottawa over whether she lobbied during the pandemic without registering — and whether, as a result, a federal contractor is off the hook for tens of millions in allegedly unpaid commissions to her company. Copps, a Liberal heavyweight turned lobbyist, has long denied lobbying...
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday morning to discuss U.S. tariffs and ways to protect Canadian supply chains from the trade war with the United States. A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office said the CEOs of Ford Canada, Stellantis Canada and GM Canada met with Carney, along with Brian Kingston of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers'...
Eby's government speaking out of both sides of its mouth when it comes to fast-tracking energy projects of national significance
At this pivotal moment for our country, Canadians are looking for leadership that is focused, collaborative and ready to meet the moment. And there’s no clearer test of that leadership than the housing crisis. Families across this country are struggling with rising rents, impossible mortgages and an uncertain future. But we have a chance to turn things around. To build...
To more than a few Canadians, he was as irritating as a neighbour’s leaf-blower, or a yapping dog next door, or a crying baby across the aisle in a plane, or a pneumatic drill on local sidewalks. His voice hit the ear like an assault, a whining, scolding, hyperpartisan blast of relentless grievance.
Much is being said about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s determination to turn around the massive vessel known as the federal bureaucracy to overcome built-in inertia and achieve faster, more efficient results helped along by digital innovations. Aside from the deeply ingrained risk aversion of senior managers themselves, the biggest challenge may be bringing the federal public service into the modern...
Prime Minister Carney’s attempt to make good on his election promise to build one Canadian economy and get things built — Bill C-5 — has been written and rushed through Parliament at breakneck speed. And it shows. Aimed at streamlining interprovincial trade and fast-tracking major projects, Bill C-5 has been heavily criticized by Indigenous peoples, environmental groups and legal experts...
Recently, I was a panellist at the Canadian Association of Journalists conference in Calgary. The session was titled, “Local Journalism in the Age of Cutbacks.” A great headline, sure, but that’s not why I was there. I was there to talk about our $8-billion class-action lawsuit against digital advertising giants Google and Facebook.
The federal government wants to supercharge productivity by launching artificial intelligence (AI) “at scale.” This includes modernizing the public service with AI tools. In principle, this is welcome. Predictive AI models could anticipate shifts in health care trends, enhance fiscal forecasting and help detect tax fraud, among other applications. Natural language processing tools could enable larger consultations on government decisions...
The idea that Olivia Chow was going to be Toronto’s housing champion was always a fantasy. Many voters, especially younger ones, pinned their hopes on her after years of inaction by John Tory, which they wrongly ascribed to his more conservative ethos. In a quick election, Chow’s long-standing brand as a “progressive” helped carry her to victory. When it comes...
Lisa Raitt, Scott Brison and Frank McKenna sit in their Bay Street investment banker offices, and they have rural Canada on their minds. We’d say “finally,” but these three grew up in those communities. To many, though, especially those living in urban centres, we are entering a new era. Lisa, Scott and Frank know that to build and do big...
Last week Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said that Albertans’ desire to go their own way and separate from the rest of Canada has never been higher. That’s a strange thing to proclaim when only two days before the separatist party got a shellacking in three by-elections, one of them in the heartland of what used to be the independence movement...
Just before Parliament recessed for its summer break, it passed Bill C-5: The One Canadian Economy Act. The bill, passed by the Senate and now law, gives Ottawa the power to remove internal trade and labour barriers between provinces and territories if a project is deemed in the national interest. I can’t help but notice how this nation-building legislation, shaped...
Maybe Prime Minister Mark Carney’s elbows were getting tired. He kept them up the entire campaign, and well, that was enough to get the job done (the job, notably, being winning the election – not standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump). And now that the election is over, Mr. Carney has allowed himself some moments of rest.
For a while there, things were going so well. Prime Minister Mark Carney — aka “the Trump whisperer” — had morphed from critic to texting buddy of the U.S. President. Over the past three months, Carney had been chatting with Donald Trump, building backchannel goodwill. After the successful G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., hopes were high that Ottawa would strike...
The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with people and management expertise. That’s how we modernize this government.
Prime Minister Mark Carney feebly capitulated to President Donald Trump on Sunday night by rescinding Monday’s scheduled imposition of a retroactive digital services tax (DST) just two days after Trump suspended trade talks with Canada over the DST and promised to hit us with more tariffs in response. This humiliating public surrender would not have happened if the government had...
Just because Canada is a kinder and gentler place than the U.S., and just because we mediate our differences with civil words not civil wars, it doesn’t mean we don’t know how to stand up for ourselves. For a 158-year-old, Canada is looking pretty good. We have come through world wars, depressions, recessions, natural and unnatural disasters, and the special...
Wildfires are once again devastating vast areas of our country – from the Prairies to British Columbia and into Northern Ontario. Thousands of residents have been forced to evacuate. Children are being transported to safety. Smoke is choking towns and cities hundreds of kilometres away. Local leaders are working around the clock, co-ordinating shelters, mobilizing emergency services and holding their...
I still remember the hope I felt in 2002 when I chose to become a family doctor. It wasn’t the most popular career path in medical school, but for me, it was a calling — the chance to build lasting relationships with patients and be there through every stage of life. More than two decades later, it’s heartbreaking to see...
Donald Trump was in Canada several weeks too early to help this country celebrate Canada Day. But the U.S. president is one reason that the annual holiday will be more political than usual this year. As King Charles said when he read the throne speech in Parliament in May, there is a “renewed sense of pride” in this country at...
Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies agreed to a new defence investment pledge — investing 5 per cent of annual gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. That figure includes 3.5 per cent on core military capabilities and 1.5 per cent on defence and security-related infrastructure, such as ports and emergency preparedness systems.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is embracing unprecedented infrastructure investment as a defining policy priority. It wants to build infrastructure and defence material at a pace not seen before in this country. But as important as building is, it’s time for Canada to “think, baby, think” as well. In the past 80 years, Canada’s comfortable position in North America, allied...
The federal government’s recent moves to guard against cheap foreign steel and aluminum flooding the domestic market could help Canada secure an economic and security deal with the United States, Dominic LeBlanc said in a recent interview with The Logic.
The former boss of Manitoba Hydro was paid nearly $900,000 in compensation in 2024, despite only working 1½ months before her dismissal from the Crown corporation. The high pay earned by Jay Grewal, revealed to be $881,177.94 according to Hydro's annual compensation disclosures this week, suggests the utility bought out the remainder of her contract, according to a University of...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with automotive sector CEOs this morning. The sector is a key front in the trade war between the United States and Canada. A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office said the CEOs of Ford Canada, Stellantis Canada and GM Canada will be in attendance, along with Brian Kingston of the Canadian Vehicle...
The prime minister is a habitual winker. Once is once, two is a coincidence, three is a trend, and National Post counts at least four prominent public winks by Mark Carney since winning the top office — in Rideau Hall at his swearing in, in the Oval Office, and twice at the G7 in Kananaskis, Alta. — plus many more...
More than 17,500 foreigners have had their criminal convictions forgiven by the Immigration Department over the past 11 years, removing a bar to coming to Canada, federal government figures show. The disclosure has raised transparency concerns about the type of offences they committed.
According to the regulator, 'several thousand Canadian households' are already benefitting from new plans. The federal government is set to make a highly anticipated decision in the coming weeks regarding internet affordability. The CRTC recently reiterated its decision issued last year authorizing Canada’s three major telecommunications companies to resell fibre optics to internet service providers (ISP) on their respective networks...
Days after Ottawa rescinded the digital services tax aimed at tech companies to advance trade negotiations with the U.S., critics have voiced their disappointment in the government’s handling of the situation. But one expert calls this move by Prime Minister Mark Carney a “mini-win.” The play made by the federal government to hold on to the tax until the last...
The most recent federal election saw a host of first-time members of Parliament joining the political fray, including a number of high-profile candidates from across the parties. This includes Andrew Lawton, a former conservative journalist who’s now the Conservative member for Elgin—St. Thomas—London South. The Hub’s Elie Cantin-Nantel caught up with Lawton in his new Parliament Hill office during the...
The Canadian government is still aiming to get all of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs lifted as part of a deal with the White House later this month, Ottawa’s ambassador in Washington says. Kirsten Hillman, who is also Canada’s chief negotiator in the talks, told The Globe and Mail on Tuesday that she remained confident the country can get the...
The New Democrats and labour groups want the Carney government to explain what it is seeking to accomplish in trade talks with the Trump administration as they once again restart. Trade negotiations have consistently been clouded in opaqueness in Ottawa, despite the government conceding that Canadians have expressed concern over a “perceived lack of transparency” in trade talks. Prime Minister...
Government has levers it can pull in times of urgency. By anyone's measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence. While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords. Or is it?
Canadians took to parks and civic squares across the country Tuesday to show unity on Canada Day amid American threats, economic uncertainty and Western alienation. "We've decided not to pull apart and fight, but to come together and to build. Because that's the Canadian way," Prime Minister Mark Carney said to thousands of Canadians gathered in Ottawa. This year's festivities...
The government’s second-ever representative in the Red Chamber, Quebec Senator Marc Gold has retired. But after more than five years working to shepherd through government legislation and build up credibility and faith in the functioning of the new, modernized Senate, he says he feels good about the legacy—and track record—he leaves behind. “I’m satisfied that the vision of a more...
In his first Canada Day address as prime minister, Mark Carney emphasized Canadian unity in a "changing" world. "One hundred and fifty-eight years ago, a few provinces bet on the idea that they'd be stronger together than they ever could be apart. They were right, and so they became a new federation that's now grown into our strong, bilingual, multicultural...
For all in Canada who happened to be watching Saturday Night Live, that March night was an unforgettable moment. Mike Myers, the one-time SNLer who'd performed in the opening skit as a chainsaw-wielding Elon Musk, stood onstage with the rest of the cast at the end of the show as they all waved goodnight. Then he did it.
Ottawa's Canada Day ceremony will be getting the royal treatment today, with Prince Edward set to make a speech during a noon event at LeBreton Flats Park. Prime Minister Mark Carney is also expected to speak at the event on what is his first Canada Day since taking office in March.
Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job just as the whole country was looking at itself in the mirror. Guilbeault took on the new ministry -- which replaces the old heritage ministry and takes up responsibility for Parks Canada -- as U.S. President Donald Trump was ramping up a ruinous trade war and talking...
PM would put supply management back on table if deal depended on it, says ambassador. Dreams do come true. U.S. President Donald Trump wished for Canada's tax on U.S. tech companies to disappear on Friday, and by Sunday, it had. Mostly, there was a sense of surprise that the federal government would play such a valuable card this soon. The...
The federal Liberals are leading the Conservatives by 13 points nationally, with MPs back in their constituencies for the House of Commons’ summer hiatus, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gearing up for an August byelection. According to the most recent ballot tracking data from Nanos Research, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are at 45.2 per cent, Poilievre’s Conservatives at 30....
Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest possible places to make his return to the House of Commons — but the rural Alberta riding he's hoping to win in an August byelection could also be dangerous territory for the Conservative leader. Damien Kurek resigned his seat in Battle River—Crowfoot earlier this month after winning more than 82 per cent...
The federal government is taking steps to eliminate the interprovincial trade barriers under its jurisdiction, Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in a press release Monday. In a statement, Freeland said Ottawa has now removed all 53 federal exemptions in the Canada Free Trade Agreement that would inhibit interprovincial trade. Prime Minister Mark Carney significantly reduced the number of federal...
Carney told reporters he had always expected the digital services tax to be scrapped as part of the trade negotiation
The national council has reduced itself to a mere ‘housekeeping’ role and has allowed itself to be ‘bullied’ by senior party and campaign officials. If the national council is unwilling to lead, it might as well ‘disband,’ says Marilyn Elliott. A former and prominent three-term Alberta national councillor is considering coming out of retirement to run for the Conservative Party’s...
The White House said Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "caved" to pressure from President Donald Trump in rescinding a tax on big US technology firms. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday Canada had made a mistake in trying to levy the tax, and that Carney called Trump on Sunday evening to say he would drop it...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his move to drop Canada's digital services tax is part of the broader trade negotiation with the United States, even as the White House said Carney "caved" to U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney's government climbed down on Sunday, and rescinded the tax just hours before the first payment came due, and three days after...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans' mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and their own GOP ranks after a turbulent overnight session.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Elon Musk may find out what happens when DOGE bites man.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. is halting some shipments of air defense missiles and other munitions to Ukraine amid concerns that its own stockpiles of such supplies have declined too much, officials said Tuesday.
Shares of electric vehicle maker Tesla, which is headed by Elon Musk, slumped Tuesday as the war of words between billionaire and President Donald Trump over the big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts heats up again, with Musk saying he may form a new political party.
A sniper ambushed firefighters responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community Sunday, killing at least two people and unleashing barrages of gunfire over several hours in an attack the governor called a “heinous” assault. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said crews responded to a fire at Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d’Alene around 1:30 p.m. and...
LONDON (AP) -- If world leaders were teaching a course on how to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump early in his second term, their lesson plan might go like this: Pile on the flattery. Don't chase the policy rabbits he sends running across the world stage. Wait out the threats to see what, specifically, he wants, and when possible...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday scoffed at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's heated warning to the U.S. not to launch future strikes on Iran, as well as the Iranian supreme leader's assertion that Tehran "won the war" with Israel.
The Cambodia-Thailand relationship has deteriorated since a border clash broke out on May 28 and has led to the death of one Cambodian soldier. The conflict, not the first between the two countries, stems from a longstanding dispute over the lines of demarcation, dating back to early 20th century negotiations between Thailand (then Siam) and the French colonial authorities in...
Why Canada’s health security emergency demands a new sense of urgency around its life sciences sector — and how the fix could yield both health and economic returns
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RCMP officers continue to break rules around investigative note-taking, despite a decade-old commitment to fix the problems.
A pioneering effort to make the federal government more transparent has been shut down. The National Capital Commission (NCC) removed hundreds of original documents from its website after an adverse ruling from the official languages commissioner.
Employees at Canada’s secretive spy agency say their open-office workspace is too noisy and visually distracting to focus on their jobs. “Auditory and visual distractions … from an open-office environment were a concern expressed by most survey respondents,” says an evaluation report from the Communications Security Establishment, or CSE.
The whiplash news cycle around the Trump trade war continues and if you can't keep up, you're not alone. Last Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said all trade talks with Canada were off because of a new "digital services tax" that was supposed to come into effect on Monday, targeting companies like Netflix. Late Sunday night, the federal government announced...
School is out for summer but this year some educators are wondering how much their students really learned. A KPMG survey found that over half of Canadians over 18 years-old now use generative AI to complete their school work. Professors and students are concerned that growing reliance on tools like ChatGPT and Gemini could be weakening critical thinking skills. And...
Stephen Carter, as Minister of Podcasts gathers Zain Velji and Corey Hogan to convene the Ministry of Podcasts for the first time. Zain grills the Member from Calgary Confederation on everything from what really goes on in the House, to what the inflight entertainment options are on "the people plane". Get ready to hear about Parliament like you never have...
On this Canada Day, we’re reflecting on our national identity – but dependent on who you ask, you’ll get a different answer. Being Canadian comes with a complex mix of opinion, taking into account politics, history and geography. Are we still considered the polite neighbours to the north? Are we more united as a country since our sovereignty has been...
